Ophüls

American  

[oh-fuhls, aw-fyls] / ˈoʊ fəls, ˈɔ füls /

noun

1. Max Max Oppenheimer, 1902–57, German film director, in Germany, France, and the U.S.

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Ophüls British  

/ ˈɔːfəls, ˈɔphyls /

noun

1. Max (maks). 1902–57, German film director, whose films include Liebelei (1932), La Signora di tutti (1934), La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1952), and Lola Montes (1955)

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Example Sentences

Instead, its fame spread in translation, including French film adaptations by Max Ophüls and Roger Vadim.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Like a modern-day Max Ophüls, Cuarón choreographs sequences in beautifully sustained long takes, and the duration of those takes achieves a powerful moral weight.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2018

The German filmmaker Max Ophüls, who took refuge from the Nazi regime in France and then moved to Hollywood, went back to France in 1950, where he made his greatest films.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 29, 2018

The movie “Letter From an Unknown Woman” shows Zweig and Ophüls at their best.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

One might suspect, then, that populism’s return in 2017 may not have taken a man like Ophüls by surprise, although he insisted that he did not see it coming.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2017